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Date:         Sun, 5 Oct 2003 15:25:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Wesley Alden Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Wesley Alden Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: battery powered block heaters? - BBW 46 gas heater on
              Canadian syncros
In-Reply-To:  <000b01c38b7d$f3305630$0502a8c0@DELL>
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so.... anybody have a wrecked canadian syncro with one of these nifty coolant heaters?

-wes

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 gary2a@telusplanet.net wrote:

> Wes, > I have no idea. I heard of at least one van being retrofitted, maybe it was > Ark Mirvis who did it. > You would have to pull a heater out of a wrecked Canadian syncro. It would > be a bunch of work, there are a couple control boxes, fuses and relays > involved. > > It's a unique option, I've only seen them on 1985 - 1987 Canadian syncros. > The regular gas heater which heats the cabin air will not fit on syncros > because the driveshaft is in the way. > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wesley Alden Pegden" <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> > To: "G. Lee" <gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET> > Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 2:10 PM > Subject: Re: battery powered block heaters? - BBW 46 gas heater on Canadian > syncros > > > > wow... > > where can I get one? > > > > wes > > > > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, G. Lee wrote: > > > > > > I'm getting ready for winter here in chicago. Anybody know of any > battery > > > > options for block heaters that would be reasonable? > > > > > > > > wes > > > > '84 vanagon 1.9l > > > > > > Not that this is a viable option to retrofit, but I thought some people > may > > > be interested. > > > VW offered an optional stand-alone coolant heating system on Canadian > > > Syncros. The Webasto BBW 46 gas heater will operate while the van is > > > running or not. > > > A timer will turn the heater on in advance at a preset time. You can > warm > > > up the engine anywhere, you don't need to plug into 120 volt AC. > > > > > > I put up some pictures, description and repair manual on my web site. > > > Also the factory heated drivers seat. > > > > > > <http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/bbw46/BBW46.htm> > > > > > > Gary Lee > > > http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm > > > > > > > > >


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